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Reina, who had also been linked with Manchester City in the last 24 hours, has worked with Rafa Benitez before.

His agent Manuel Garcia Quilon has met with Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis and emerged to say: “Pepe will stay at Napoli until the end of his contract.

“Certain issues have nothing to do with what happens on the pitch and do not interest us.

“He is staying at Napoli until 2018.”

The statement pours cold water on claims in Italy that an agreement with Newcastle had been reached.

United did not react publicly to the rumours that Reina had agreed a move to Tyneside but the reality is that Benitez will have to move on at least one of his FIVE goalkeepers this summer in order to justify a move for a new stopper.